People

Jim Walker

Director

Jim has been involved in managing and promoting access for more than 17 years. His particular expertise is in developing strategic policy, working with elected members, coordinating interdisciplinary partnerships and delivering effective targeted promotional campaigns that get more people active and enjoying the outdoors.

Jim is Director of Walk England, The Jubilee Walkway Trust, London Walking Forum and The Access Company. He is Chair of the Walk21 International Conference Series, Walk London and The Strategic Walk Partnership. Jim is Vice Chair and Communications Director for the European Union’s ‘Walk Europe’ Project, a Commissioner on the Board of The London Waterways Commission and an Enabler for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

He has lived and worked in North America, New Zealand and Australia and very much enjoyed the journeys in-between. He walked the circumference of Iceland following his degree in Environmental Management and has since helped develop trail networks across the Andes for the government in Chile; a national trail system for the States Committee for Outdoor Recreation in Australia; and is an active member of the European Greenways Association.

Jim lives in the Cotswolds and has four active boys and a Gordon Setter – he likes nothing better than being up a hill with them all, getting covered in mud.